Spotter since 2025
Hello! I'm a born New Yorker, adopted Londoner, and occasional Berliner. I've been in London on and off since 1995, and every time I move back to the city, it has changed yet again. Neighbourhoods transform, green spaces and cycling become more available, and entrepreneurs set up businesses that improve and diversify the food and coffee scene. It's always vibrant and always changing. My work includes running a new publishing start-up, working on better politics and local energy initiatives, and supporting impact founders, among other things!
I go everywhere on my bike, which means that in addition to the East End, which I know best, we poke into all kinds of other parts of the city as well. We love local restaurants, cultural treasures, yoga studios, and quirky shops that take so much love to operate in this very commercial city. I hope to help people discover the less well-known parts of the city, this surprisingly green, extremely varied city, where extreme wealth and extreme need exist side by side.
The Antwerp Arms in Tottenham is a community-run pub with local beers, pop-up food, live music, and a warm, welcoming spirit that feels like home.
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Since 1911, Rinkoffs has served East End classics — beigels, babka, rugelach — alongside new hits like crodoughs, vegan cakes, and timeless cheesecake.
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Discover London’s new Chinatown in the east, with Cloud Land serving authentic Yunnan dishes like spicy chicken, Over the Bridge noodles, and crisp cucumber salad.
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Yummzy in Canary Wharf crafts delicious keto, gluten-free, and vegan desserts, offers London delivery and fun workshops for food and fitness fans.
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Tucked in the glass-and-steel towers, Goodmans Fields is a new green area with benches, sculptures, and a play area. a perfect to pause and soak up some sun.
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